Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things. Check out this video on what life as a Speech and Language Therapist at Witherslack Group is like!

This role is based at Pontville School. You will be working as part of a large MDT, and within an embedded Speech Therapy team. We will also accept application for anyone interested in part-time.

Pontville School is an independent specialist day school providing quality education with a focus on speech, language and social communication. Many of our pupils are autistic with high levels of anxiety.

Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and childrens homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise andbreadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people. Youll also be assessing our young peoples mental health and recommend appropriate interventions in a personalised care plan. Building rapport is key, by doing this youll be able to deliver effective counselling and feedback on progress.

We know youre going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, youll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people plus youll get:

• Training: A full induction and on the job training

• Holiday: Youll work hard at WG, so youll be rewarded with full school holidays days holiday including bank holidays

• Clinical Development: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development

• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance check out our benefitshere

• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance

• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts

• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities check out our schoolshere

• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future.Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered thesupport, resource and platform for you to do great things. Youll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way. Heres a few things well need from you:

• Be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the HCPC

• Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to engage and deliver therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs

• Need experience of supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they are being provided with clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences

• Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer.

• Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative

• Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

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Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD

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